Seven Silver Bullets: Wild Bill Hickok (December 18, 1953)

“Seven Silver Bullets” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 18, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride toward Hansonville at night and notice a light across the lake. At a lakeside cabin they find a wounded man, Ezra, slumped inside. Bill and Jingles bring the injured man back to life and send for a doctor. Meanwhile, a hotel owner named Darren and his hired gunman Blaze plot to silence the two lawmen. The series aired its original episode on December 18, 1953, with Guy Madison and Andy Devine in the lead roles.

The Old West, around the lake and town of Hansonville

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Ezra, Darren, Blaze, Doc Peabody

Listen for: The sound of a silver bullet being fired at the cabin and the moment Bill and Jingles find the wounded man

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.